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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66912	A wonderful instance of God's appearance for, and presence with his people in a day of suffering, or, A narrative of the most holy life, and triumphant death of Mr. Fulcran Rey who was put to death in France, for being a publick preacher / in a letter from a friend, to a Protestant refugie ; with allowance, June 2, 1688.	Friend.	1688 (1688)	Wing W3367; ESTC R20406	13,952	17

where a happy Life awaits me which I shall have and which I shall speedily possess Monsieur the Intendant saying to him That he doubted not but they would keep their Word which they gave him to preserve his Life Promise me said he this Life no more I am quite loosed from it I have no more Hope in it I seek and expect quite another thing Death is better to me than Life adding with the famous Martyr of Constance don't think any longer to terrify me with Death if I had feared it I should not be here God hath given me the Grace to know my Religion God will give me Grace to die for it don't entertain me any longer about the good things of the World they have no longer any Relish with me I am quite disgusted at them for all the Treasures of the Earth I will not leave those of Heaven This Constancy so even and so unshaken made Monsieur the Intendant speak no more to him about Religion but only ask him about the Matter of Fact for which he was set on the little Stool He asked him whether he had preached he answered Yes And having asked him where he told him Every where where I found the Faithful assembled Monsieur the Intendant having said to him that that was contrary to the King's Will he answered him The King of Kings hath also commanded me and 't is just rather to obey God than Men. He answered to all the Demands that were made to him with the same Accent in his Words with a great deal of Respect Sweetness and Moderation alway giving Signs of an entire Resignation to the Will of God and discovering in all his Discourses and all his Gestures that the holy Spirit was poured out on him in its greatest Abundance and that he was helped by Heaven in an extraordinary manner This he made appear when being afresh solicited to think of himself he said I have no further need to consider what I should do I have taken my Side my Resolution is wholly taken up my Business here is not to be in Suspence I am fully ready to die if God hath ordained it should be so all the Promises that can be made me shall never shake me or hinder me from rendring unto my God what I owe him After this they read his Sentence to him the Import whereof was this That he should be hanged and that before he was led to the Gibbet he should be put to the Torture He heard this Sentence without losing the Tranquillity of his Mind and without ever changing his Colour After he had heard it without being troubled or growing Pale I am treated said he more kindly than my Saviour was in putting me to so gentle a Death I was prepared to be broken or to be burnt I thank thee cried he immediately O Lord of Heaven and of Earth for so many Favours as thou hast bestowed on me I thank thee that thou hast thought me worthy to suffer for thy Gospel and to die for thee I thank thee that thou hast called me to suffer so gentle a Death for thee after thou hadst prepared my Heart to suffer more cruelly for the Love of thee After he had put up this Prayer to God he was put to the Torture and how ill soever they handled him he never complained he suffered all with a mighty Patience saying nothing to them that asked him in the time of this Punishment but only this I have said all I have nothing farther to answer The Judges not being able to get any thing further out of him caused him to be unloosed then casting his Eyes on them he said to them You have now inflicted a Punishment on me which I have not felt at all I believe you have suffered more than I whom you cause to suffer I can protest to you that in the Extremity of the Punishment which you would have me endure I have felt no Pain Grace triumphed in him so strongly above Nature that it seemed as though Nature had been spoiled of her proper Sentiments so that he had none but those of Grace They would hearten him up to put him in a Condition to undergo the last Combat whereon this worthy Sufferer was speedly to enter To this End they prayed him to eat a Dinner He did not withstand it he did what he was desired he did eat what was presented to him and said to those that gave him Victuals Some eat to live and as for me I eat to die See here the last Meal that I shall make on Earth there is prepared this Evening a Banquet in Heaven to which I am invited and whither I shall be conducted by the Angels those Spirits will speedily take me away to make me a partaker with them of the delights of Paradise From that very moment his mind was taken up in nothing but Prayer singing of Psalms Elevations and Transports of Soul that charmed all that heard him and pierced the hearts of all that observed him Then he encountred with several Monks whom he so powerfully disarmed in several Discourses that they withdrew without having a word to answer him and without doing any thing when they retired but pouring out a torrent of Tears At last they brought him out of Prison to go to the place of his last Punishment Then Two Monks coming near to him and saying to him We are here to comfort you he answered I have no need of you I have a Comforter that is more faithful to me and who is within me to comfort me These Monks being somewhat urgent to stay near him said to him Are you not willing we should accompany you No said he to them I have a company of Angels that are round about my person and have assured me they will be with me to my last breath He went in the Streets with an even pace and with a Countenance so contented and so assured that he seemed as though he were going to a Feast As he was going to Execution having perceived some of his Brethren as he went along he saluted them and seeing they answered this Salutation with Tears which watered their Cheeks Why said he to them do you weep for me Weep for your selves only As for me I shall quickly be out of Suffering and far from this valley of Tears but here I see you and here I leave you Stir up your selves and Repent and God will have pity on you The Monks persisting in their desire to accompany him he prayed them to retire saying You are troublesome Comforters here is nothing for you to do Going out by a certain Gate called the Gate of Beautiful Prospect he saw the Gibbet that was prepared for him He had no sooner seen it but feeling new Transports of Courage and Piety he cried out Courage Courage this is the place which I had a long time proposed to my self and for which God himself hath prepared me How agreeable doth this place appear to me I see